The International Table Tennis Federation updated the world rankings for the 25th week on June 18, 2024, and the national table tennis team achieved the top four in singles.
Men's Singles:
In men's singles, Chinese players Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun and Ma Long ranked in the top four, and Lin Gaoyuan ranked seventh.
Zhao Dacheng rose four places to No. 21.
Among the other Chinese players, Lin Shidong ranked 12th, Xiang Peng ranked 40th, and Zhou Qihao ranked 41st.
Women's Singles:
In women's singles, Chinese players Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, and Chen Meng ranked in the top four, and Chen Xingtong ranked sixth.
Zhang Benmeihe's ranking rose 1 place to 7th; Pritika Pavard rose nine places to No. 19, a new career high.
Among the other Chinese players, Qian Tianyi is ranked 16th, Kuo Man is ranked 26th, He Zhuojia is ranked 40th, and Shi Xunyao is ranked 42nd.
Men's Doubles:
Ma Long/Wang Chuqin 1st, Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin 2nd, Lin Gaoyuan/Ma Long 3rd.
Women's Doubles:
Chen Meng/Wang Manyu No. 1, Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu No. 6.
Mixed doubles:
Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha No. 1, Lin Shidong/Kuo Man No. 5.
Sun Yingsha's profile (2024-present)
Sun Yingsha, born on November 4, 2000 in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, is a player of the Chinese women's table tennis team and plays for the first team of Chinese women's table tennis. It is now the three main forces of the national table tennis women's team.
In September 2015, Sun Yingsha entered the second team of Chinese table tennis. In January 2017, he entered the national first team.
On January 1, 2024, the International Association of Sports Journalists (AIPS) announced the best female athlete of 2023, and Sun Yingsha was selected. On January 10, 2024, Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin defeated Exechi/Madarac 3-0 in the mixed doubles 1/8 finals of the WTT Star Challenge Doha. On January 11, in the mixed doubles quarterfinals, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha defeated Huang Zhenting/Du Kaiqin 3-0. On the same day, in the mixed doubles semifinals, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha defeated Zhang Yuzhen and Tian Zhixi 3-0. On the same day, in the women's singles match, Sun Yingsha defeated Miyu Nagasaki 3-0 and advanced to the top 16 of women's singles. On January 12, Sun Yingsha defeated Zhang Benmeihe 3-0 in the women's singles 1/8 finals of the WTT Star Challenge Doha (three times 11-0, 11-3, 11-6). On January 13, Sun Yingsha defeated Wang Manyu 3-1 in the women's singles semifinals of the WTT Star Challenge Doha Station and entered the women's singles final. In the mixed doubles final held on the same day, Sun Yingsha and teammate Wang Chuqin defeated Lin Shidong/Kuo Man 3-2 to win the mixed doubles championship. On the same day, Sun Yingsha defeated Chen Meng 4-1 in the women's singles final of the WTT Star Challenge Doha Station to win the women's singles championship and Sun Yingsha's first women's singles championship in 2024.
On January 17, in the mixed doubles 1/8 finals of the WTT Star Challenge Doha, Sun Yingsha/Wang Chuqin defeated Carlsen/Carlberg 3-1. On January 19, in the mixed doubles final of the 2024 WTT Regular Challenge Doha Station, Sun Yingsha/Wang Chuqin defeated Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu 3-2 to win the championship.
On February 19, in the women's team China vs. Hungary match in the team competition of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, Sun Yingsha defeated Mercedes Najvaradi 3-0, with a score of 11-2, 11-5, 11-2 in three games. On February 21, in the 1/8 finals of the women's team competition of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, Sun Yingsha's Chinese team defeated the Thai team 3-0, won five consecutive victories in this World Table Tennis Championships, and advanced to the quarterfinals. On February 24, in the women's team final of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, Sun Yingsha won the championship with the Chinese team 3-2 against Japan. On February 25, Sun Yingsha won the Best Female Athlete Award (MVP) in the team competition of the 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Championships. On the evening of February 26, the 2023 ITTF Awards Ceremony was held at the Busan International Convention and Exhibition Center, and Sun Yingsha won the 2023 Best Female Athlete of the Year. On March 5, the International Table Tennis Federation announced the 10th week of 2024 rankings, and Sun Yingsha ranked first in the women's singles event; In Women's Doubles, Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu ranked second; In the mixed doubles event, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha ranked No. 1. On March 7, Sun Yingsha was shortlisted for the most noteworthy female athletes in the Paris Olympics.
On March 11, in the first round of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam women's singles, Sun Yingsha defeated France's Yuan Jiannan (11-3, 11-6, 11-8) 3-0 and got off to a good start. On March 14, in the 1/8 finals of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam women's singles, Sun Yingsha defeated Japan's Zhang Benmei and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's singles 3-0. On 15 March, Sun Yingsha/Wang Chuqin won the WTT Singapore Grand Slam Mixed Doubles title 3-1 (11-7/11-8/9-11/11-7).
On March 19, 2024, the International Table Tennis Federation announced the world rankings for the 12th week of 2024, and Sun Yingsha ranked first. On March 28, Sun Yingsha defeated Japan's Miu Hirano 3-0 (11-7/11-6/11-7) in the WTT Incheon Championship Women's Singles 1/16 finals; On March 29, in the women's singles 1/8 finals of the WTT Incheon Championships, Sun Yingsha defeated Sweden's Linda Bergstrom (11-3/11-3/9-11/13-11) 3-1 and advanced to the quarterfinals of women's singles. On March 30, in the women's singles quarterfinals of the WTT Incheon Championships, Sun Yingsha defeated Hina Hayada 3-2 (9-11/11-5/9-11/11-6/11-6) and advanced to the semifinals; In the semi-finals of the day, Sun Yingsha defeated Wang Yidi 4-0, (11-9/11-9/12-10/11-7) to advance to the final. On March 31, in the women's singles final of the WTT Incheon Championships, Sun Yingsha defeated teammate Wang Manyu (11-7/11-5/11-4/11-4) 4-0 to win the championship.
On April 1, the WTT World Table Tennis Federation announced the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam 2024 singles entry list, and Sun Yingsha was selected as the top ten seeds in women's singles. On April 9, the ITTF World Rankings for the 15th week of 2024, women's singles, Sun Yingsha ranked No. 1; Women's Doubles, Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu ranked 5th.
On April 15, in the first round of the women's group stage of the Macau Table Tennis World Cup, Sun Yingsha defeated Zhu Chengzhu 4-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-8, 11-3). On April 16, the ITTF World Rankings for the 16th week of 2024, women's singles, Sun Yingsha ranked No. 1 with 7150 points. On April 17, in the group stage of the ITTF Singles World Cup, Sun Yingsha (11-7, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9) defeated Chen Siyu 4-0 and entered the top 16 of the World Cup. On April 18, in the 1/8 finals of the ITTF World Cup women's singles, Sun Yingsha defeated Chen Xingtong 4-1 (11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-4, 11-9) and advanced to the top 8. On April 20, in the semifinals of the Macau ITTF Singles World Cup, Sun Yingsha defeated Chen Meng 4-2 (11-13, 12-10, 11-6, 1-11, 14-12, 11-9) to advance to the women's singles final. On April 21, in the final of the Macau ITTF Singles World Cup, Sun Yingsha completed a big reversal, defeating Wang Manyu 4-3 (8-11, 5-11, 11-4, 5-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9) to win the championship.
On April 23, the International Table Tennis Federation announced the world rankings for the 17th week, and Sun Yingsha ranked first in women's singles with 8,300 points, and all 8 valid points were champions. On May 5, in the 32/32 finals of the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam 2024 women's singles, Sun Yingsha 3-0 Liu Xinyin. On May 7, Beijing time, the 18th week of the ITTF mixed doubles world rankings were announced, and the Chinese table tennis mixed doubles combination Sun Yingsha/Wang Chuqin ranked first. The announcement marks the confirmation of the quota places for the mixed doubles table tennis event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin representing China in the competition. On the same day, in the quarterfinals of the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam mixed doubles, Sun Yingsha/Wang Chuqin defeated the Indian pair Desai/Gol Lampard 3-0 and advanced to the semifinals. On May 8, in the women's singles one-sixteenth final of the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, Sun Yingsha defeated Luprescu 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-6) and advanced to the women's singles round of 16. On the same day, in the mixed doubles semi-finals of the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, China's Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha defeated Japan's Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayada 3-0 (12-10, 11-9, 12-10) to advance to the final. On May 9, in the mixed doubles final of the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha defeated Hong Kong's Wong Chun Ting/Du Kaiqin 3-0 to win the mixed doubles championship, achieving four consecutive mixed doubles championships in WTT Grand Slam events. In the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam women's singles semifinals on May 10, Sun Yingsha defeated Wang Yidi 4-1 and entered the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam women's singles final. On May 11, in the women's singles final of the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, Sun Yingsha lost to Chen Meng 2-4 and won the women's singles runner-up.
On May 14, the Chinese Table Tennis Association issued a notice on the announcement of the list of athletes participating in some events of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Sun Yingsha won the quota places in the women's singles event and the women's team event. On May 24, in the mixed doubles 1/4 finals of the WTT regular challenge Taiyuan Station, Sun Yingsha/Wang Chuqin lost to Xue Fei/Shi Xunyao 2-3 and stopped in the top 8. On May 27, 2024, the Chongqing Championship was announced to be held from May 30 to June 3 at the Bloomage International Cultural and Sports Center in Banan District, Chongqing. The Chinese team fought seamlessly, and Sun Yingsha was on the women's singles entry list. On May 28, the 22nd week of the ITTF world rankings were announced, and Sun Yingsha ranked No. 1 in women's singles, No. 4 in women's doubles, and No. 1 in mixed doubles.
On May 30, in the first round of the women's singles of the World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) Chongqing Championships, Chinese player Sun Yingsha defeated Sweden's Berlistrom 3-0 and advanced to the next round. On June 1, in the women's singles 1/8 finals of the World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) Chongqing Championship, Sun Yingsha defeated Tian Zhixi 3-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals. On June 2, in the women's singles 1/4 match of the World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) Chongqing Championships, Sun Yingsha defeated Japan's Hina Hayada 3-0 and entered the women's singles semifinals. On the same day, in the women's singles semifinals of the WTT Chongqing Championships, Sun Yingsha defeated Chen Meng 4-2 and advanced to the final. On June 3, in the women's singles final of the World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) Chongqing Championships, Sun Yingsha defeated another Chinese player, Wang Manyu, 4-3 and won the championship.